这两个词都可指从事政治活动或精于政治事务的人。politician特别强调能够与人民相处、为国家服务的人,在美式英语中, politician常带轻蔑之意,指毫无原则和理想、只考虑个人或自己政党利益的人,常含有贬义; statesman为褒义词,指有超人的判断力、精明能干、善于治国安邦的人。
这两个名词都可表示“政治家”之意。
politician指有才能的职业政治家或政坛人物。在美国英语中,多含贬义,特指玩弄阴谋、勾心斗角以谋以私利的政客、政治骗子。
statesman与politician相反,常用于褒义,指有远见,为国为民的正派的政治家,既着重才能,又侧重身居要职。
词根词缀法
-polit-政治+-ician名词词尾来自politic,政治的,-ian,人。
同根词汇
political政治的;党派的
The politician was ousted from office by a vote from members of his own party.
那个政客被他自己党内的成员投票表决赶下台。
来源:互联网摘选His job is to record how politicians vote on major issues.
他的工作就是要记录政治家是如何对重大问题进行投票的。
来源:《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》总统现在看起来是一个比一星期前刚就任时多了些历练、少了些自信的政治家。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》Before the politician was halfway through his speech, the crowd cried him down.
这个政治家讲了还不到一半, 听众便把他轰了下去.
来源:《简明英汉词典》Clarke swung at his shadow the accusation that he was "a tabloid politician".
克拉克指责影子内阁中的对手是个“八卦政客”.
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》About 10 years ago, I went to a Q & A session with a prominent politician.
大约10年前,我和一名政界要人一起参加了一场问答节目。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》This politician tried to cheat the people into the belief that he would work for public welfare.
这个政客想哄骗人们相信他是会为大众谋福利的.
来源:《简明英汉词典》He's a nice old rascal but a disaster area as a politician.
他是个不错的老家伙,但是作为一个政治家就太差劲了。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》Nobody that I spoke to doubted his sincerity as a politician.
和我谈过话的人中没有一个怀疑他作为一个政治家的诚意。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》Yesterday's riot broke out at the instigation of an unknown politician.
昨日的暴乱是由一个不知名的政客煽动起来的。
来源:互联网摘选She was a fiery, brilliant and unyielding intellectual and politician.
她是个充满激情、才华卓越、毫不妥协的知识分子和政治家。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》It's almost unheard of in France for a top politician not to come from the social elite.
在法国,大牌政客非社会精英阶层出身的几乎闻所未闻。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》As a politician Jefferson frequently lashed out at the press.
作为一个政治人物,杰斐逊常常抨击新闻界。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》Officials said they had found no traces of violence on the body of the politician.
官员称他们没有在这位政治家的尸体上发现暴力侵犯的痕迹。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》The politician defected from his own party and joined the opposition.
这个政客叛离了自己的政党而投向了反对党一方.
来源:《简明英汉词典》He worked the room like a politician, gripping hands, and slapping backs.
他又是握手,又是拍背,像个政客一样把一屋子的人都笼络了一番。
来源:柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典
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